688728 - Firefox sends request for .swf files twice

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Core :: Networking: HTTP, defect)

Description

[Reena Sujin]

Attachment: Duplicate calls for .swf files.doc

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:5.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/5.0
Build ID: 20110615151330

Steps to reproduce:

1. This is with reference to the bug Id #445599 
2. when monitoring our application using httpfox , i can see two calls for .swf files
3. Below Code snippet is used for accessing the .swf files
<div id="flexPortletDiv" style="height: 865px; width: 100%;" >  
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
	id="ADRPortal" width="100%" height="100%"
	codebase="https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab">
	<param name="movie" value="<%=swfUrl%>" />
	<param name="quality" value="high" />
	<param name="bgcolor" value="#869ca7" />
	<param name="flashVars" value="<%=flashVars%>" />
	<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" />
	<param name="allowNetworking" value="all"/>
	<param name="wmode" value="transparent"/>
	<param name="standby" value="Loading Content ....."/>
	<embed src="<%=swfUrl%>" quality="high"
		bgcolor="#869ca7" width="100%" height="100%"
		name="ADRPortal" align="middle" play="true" loop="false"
		quality="high" allowScriptAccess="always" allowNetworking="all"
		flashVars="<%=flashVars%>"
		type="application/x-shockwave-flash" 
		wmode="transparent"
		pluginspage="https://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer">
	</embed>
</object>
</div>



Actual results:

I can see two request for .swf files.Attaching the screenshot.


Expected results:

There should have been only one call for .swf files.This issue is prevalent in Firefox 6 as well.

Comment 1

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Is there a public web page that shows the problem?

Do you see the problem in safe mode?  You can log HTTP traffic following the directions at https://developer.mozilla.org/en/HTTP_Logging

Comment 2

[Reena Sujin]

(In reply to Boris Zbarsky (:bz) from comment #1)
> Is there a public web page that shows the problem?

Do you see the problem
> in safe mode?  You can log HTTP traffic following the directions at
> https://developer.mozilla.org/en/HTTP_Logging

Yes i do see the problem in safe mode.
When i tried http loggin using the steps mentioned in the above url , i couldnt access firefox again.It gives me a error"Firefox is not a valid win32 application"
I will check for the problem in other sites and let you know